Why drugs, feuds and coaching chaos will feature prominently in the 2021 NRL season Rugby League by Phil Rothfield Premium Content Subscriber only The one thing guaranteed about the NRL season is that it will be another year of madness, outrage, controversy and scandal. Coach sackings, player misbehaviour, drugs, feuds and referee rage … we can already see Twitter exploding... BREAKING: Another star tests positive to cocaine. REVEALED: Brad Arthur axed. Shane Flanagan to coach Parramatta Eels. JUST IN: Freddy Fittler dumped as NSW Blues State of Origin coach. EXCLUSIVE: Mitchell Pearce to join the Wests Tigers. OFFICIAL: Adam O'Brien walks out on Knights to replace Craig Bellamy at Melbourne Storm.